With the beginnings of November in full force, I find myself fighting an annual depression. Some people suffer from SAD but I’m not so concerned about a lack of sunlight as much as a lack of liquid water. I was told last year that kayaking over an extremely thin layer of ice, say [...]
This post is from last JULY. That’s how on top of things I am. It’s November. I lose.
I spent all last weekend at the Glorious Door County Sea Kayak Symposium. I think this must be my equivalent to mainlining cocaine because I would have done damn near anything to get me some [...]
I am getting ready to leave for the Door County Sea Kayak Symposium. Of course I had to buy new shoes (I’m a girl) and I had to buy some dry pants - if anyone has a preference between Gore Tex with gaskets and just plain old neoprene, can you give me your feedback? [...]
My daughter has just decided, after day 1, that she loves whitewater kayaking. Granted she’s still having trouble with wet exits, but she’ll get there - she’s the kind of kid that screeches and recoils if you even fake it that you’re going to tickle her, and that’s even after you’ve told her that [...]
This being my first blog on worldkayakblogs, I’m stepping gingerly into the mix. I’m a sea kayaker in MN, where we only have water for what feels like a small portion of the year. I can verify that we only have warm water for a few short months. So as I sit here with a [...]